Maria Anderson trained as an NHS nurse & went on to become a midwife a job she has adored for over twenty years. After fainting whilst attending her first three births Maria went from nervous trainee to assured midwife & in her brilliant memoir she recounts the highs & lows of life inside the maternity unit. From frantic fathers & breaking her hand during a traumatic home birth to witnessing the delivery of quads & the ultimate devastation of assisting the delivery of a stillborn baby Maria has had an extraordinary career. Tales of a Midwife is a funny poignant & heart-warming account of a devoted midwife. ...

This box set
Includes:: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" " The Adventures of Robin Hood" " The Adventures
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BLOOD FOLLOWS
- In the port city of Lamentable Moll a diabolical killer stalks the streets & panic grips the citizens like a fever.
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' You've never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?' said Ron incredulously. ' You're kidding right?' (From Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows) Published by the charity Lumos in association with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the first new book from J. K. Rowling since the publication of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows. The Tales of Beedle the Bard played a crucial role in assisting Harry with his friends Ron & Hermione to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. Fans will be thrilled to have this opportunity to read the tales in full. An exciting addition to the canon of Harry Potter the tales reveal the wonderful versatility of the author as she tackles with relish the structure & varying tones of a classic fairy tale. There are five tales: ' The Tale of the Three Brothers' recounted in Deathly Hallows plus ' The Fountain of Fair Fortune' ' The Warlock's Hairy Heart' ' The Wizard & the Hopping Pot' & ' Babbitty Rabbitty & her Cackling Stump'. Each has its own magical character & will bring delight laughter & the thrill of mortal peril. Translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger the tales are introduced & illustrated by J. K. Rowling. Also included are notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore which appear by kind permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters' Archive. Lumos is a charity founded by J. K. Rowling which aims to make life better for disadvantaged children. Registered Charity Number: 1112575. ...

This collection of Poes best stories contains all the terrifying & bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as The Pit & the Pendulum The Fall of the House of Usher The Premature Burial & The Tell-Tale Heart all of Poes Auguste Dupin stories are included. These are the first modern detective stories & include The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Roget & The Purloined Letter. ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart
- one of the indivisible primary faculties or sentiments which gives direction to the character of Man.' Including Poe's most terrifying grotesque & haunting short stories Tales of Mystery & Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author's macabre works. Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction the collection features some of his most popular tales.' The Gold-Bug' is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime whereas ' The Black Cat' ' The Pit & the Pendulum' & ' The Murders in the Rue Morgue' became more widely read after his death. Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals the power of the dead over the living & psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sigmund Freud's later theories on the psyche Poe's Gothic terror stories are considered masterpieces the world over.
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Olga da Polga is a guinea-pig with a wild imagination & from the minute she arrives at her new home she begins entertaining all the other animals in the garden with her outrageous stories. As well as telling all her tall tales she also has time to get up to all kinds of mischief & have lots of wonderful adventures too. ...

Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners. Her home is now a large & airy hutch & its not long before she meets Noel the cat Fangio the hedgehog & Graham the tortoise. Her garden companions soon discover that Olga loves an audience & from the moment she arrives she tells them stories about her wild & exciting adventures. Although they are not always sure whether to believe everything Olga says one thing is certain
- since Olga moved in life is never dull! Whether shes Olga the explorer Olga the prizewinner or Olga the storyteller she is always Olga da Polga! Written by the beloved Michael Bond with wonderful illustrations by Catherine Rayner this is a gift edition for young readers to treasure.
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Inspired by DH Lawrence Chekhov & Hemingway Bukowskis writing is passionate extreme & has attracted a cult following while his life was as weird & wild as the tales he wrote. This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music Bukowski ingeniously mixes high & low culture in his tales of ordinary madness. These are angry yet tender humorous & haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles. ...

At the Old Inn which clings precariously to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean two sick children are left alone while their father fetches the doctor. Then a visitor comes begging for shelter & so begins a long night of storytelling in which young Ethan & Cathy who have an unnatural appetite for stories of a macabre persuasion sit out the last throes of the storm in the company of a sailor with more than enough grisly tales to satisfy them. But something about this sailor puts Ethan on edge & he becomes increasingly agitated for his fathers return. Only when the storm blows itself out can Ethan relax
- but not for long for the new dawn opens the childrens eyes to a truth more shocking more distressing than anything they heard the night before.
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